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Ben Turner

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James Webb telescope finds origins of the biggest explosion since the Big Bang — revealing a new ...

Seen in 2022, a gamma-ray burst (GRB) nicknamed the BOAT is believed to be the brightest explosion ever witnessed by humanity. But the James Webb Telescope’s search for its origins has only thrown up more questions.
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Avi Wigderson wins $1 million Turing Award for using randomness to ...

The 2023 Turing Award has been given to Avi Widgerson. The mathematician found that adding randomness into algorithms made them better at solving nondeterministic problems.
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The best photos and videos of the April 8 total solar eclipse over ...

Millions of viewers across Mexico and North America are witnessing a historic total solar eclipse. Here are some of the best photos from the day.
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Myth busted: Total solar eclipses don't release special, blinding r...

Today’s total solar eclipse won’t produce any especially harmful radiation, but that doesn’t mean you should look at it with your bare eyes.
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NASA engineers discover why Voyager 1 is sending a stream of gibber...

Voyager 1 has been sending a stream of garbled nonsense since November. Now NASA engineers have identified the fault and found a potential workaround.
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NASA to create new time zone for the moon by 2026, White House memo...

The moon’s lower gravity means that time runs slower on its surface. With more moon missions planned, NASA has now been tasked by the White House to create a lunar time zone by 2026.
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Person in Texas catches H5N1 bird flu in 1st probable case of cow-t...

The patient is being treated with an antiviral drug and is believed to have been in contact with dairy cows infected with H5N1 avian influenza.

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Nuclear fusion reactor in South Korea runs at 100 million degrees C...

The experimental fusion reactor sustained temperatures of 212 million degrees Fahrenheit for a record-breaking 48 seconds.
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Mysterious object that crashed through Florida home was likely spac...

The mysterious cylinder crashed through the home of Alejandro Otero on March 8.
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Physicists make record-breaking 'quantum vortex' to study the myste...

The quantum vortex, which flows with 500 times less viscosity than water, could be used to study the warping of space-time by black holes.
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James Webb telescope confirms there is something seriously wrong wi...

Depending on where we look, the universe is expanding at different rates. Now, scientists using the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes have confirmed that the observation is not down to a measurement error.